Antonio Garrigues Díaz-Cañabate

Antonio Garrigues Díaz-Cañabate trained as a lawyer and established a legal practice with his brother Joaquín in 1931. He held administrative responsibilities under the Republic before later serving as a diplomat under Franco. His American marriage and professional interests connected him with the United States before his embassy appointment. ^{1, 2}

Garrigues represented Spain in Washington in 1962–1964 and then at the Holy See. After Franco’s death he became justice minister in the first government of Juan Carlos I. ^{1, 2}